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The original wooden viaduct at Dale Creek, Wyoming, built for the Union Pacific railroad. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The original wooden viaduct at Dale Creek, Wyoming, built for the Union Pacific railroad. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)